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Thai Home Improvement Retailer Remains Competitive Year after Year

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 16, 2017

Home Product Center Public Company Limited is a Thailand-based retailer of building materials and home improvement products under the name “HomePro”. Profitable Growth has remained #3 since 2013.

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Don’t Raise Your Eyebrows on This Korean Pharmaceutical Upstart

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 15, 2017

Hugel Incorporated, founded in 2001, operates as a pharmaceutical company in South Korea. It offers Botulinum Toxin, Hyaluronic Acid Filler and medical equipment. Profitable Growth at Hugel returned to World Class after a dip in 2015.

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Average Profitability at Indonesian State-Owned Contractor

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 14, 2017

PT PP (Persero) Tbk, established in 1961, is an Indonesian state-owned enterprise mainly operating in five segments: Construction; EPC; Property; Precast and Equipment. In the past 12 months, Profitable Growth returned to the average rank.

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What Academia Say about High Cash Levels in the US

By Andrew Stotz | Aug 11, 2017

Over the last few weeks, we have been considering the causes of the rising cash levels at US companies from a low of about 4% in 1995, to the currently very high 11%. Let’s have a look at what academia say about it.

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Highway to the Danger Zone

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 11, 2017
Top 5 of the Week of August 7 - Become a #betterinvestor

In our Top 5 this week, we learn how not to invest, explore the curious world of micro caps, and find the ‘active’ in low-cost passive investing. All this and more…

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Former Teacher Chairs This Malaysian Property Developer

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 10, 2017

S P Setia’s core business, property development carries out residential projects such as Setia Sky Residences and commercial projects such as SetiaWalk. Profitable Growth saw a great improvement to #2 in 2015 but has fallen back to #4 in the past 12 months.

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Excellent Profit Margin at Container Terminal Operator

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 9, 2017

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICT), is an international operator of common user container terminals and serves the global container shipping industry. Profitable Growth for ICT has dropped to the average rank from #3 in 2013.

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When Investing, a Smoother Ride Is Preferred

By Andrew Stotz | Aug 8, 2017

Chart of the Day: Two stocks returned the same, more than 300% in 3.5 years. The stocks had very different paths, but they both ended up yielding the same price return. Which stock would you prefer to have held?

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From Hot Pot to Hot Stock

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 7, 2017

MK Restaurant Group Public Company Limited is a Thailand-based restaurant chain company. It franchises MK Suki (Japanese-style hot pot) restaurants in Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia and Singapore. MK outlets account for 80% of revenues and Yayoi restaurants account for 18% of revenues.

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It’s all a Big Confidence Trick

By Become a Better Investor | Aug 4, 2017
Top 5 of the Week of July 31 - Become a #betterinvestor

In our Top 5 this week, we look at how to avoid overpriced winners, discover the confidence trick the fund industry is playing, and explore Fundamental Investing. All this and more…

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